Anticreeper.



J. R. STEELE.

- ANTICREE'PER.

APPLICATION FILED 11m: 9.19:1

Patented Dec. 11l1917.

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' fo'ailwhoptitmypgncem: the yoke and downwardly" to embrace the l}e1tlmown-that ahm "Roam same. When the device is ut upon the rail 65 a cltwep otthe United s wtmi' t $1 5 w ge is-disgosed' at the lower end 0% of Owego mthe ccunty of Txqga and State the wedge-way adjeent the hook end 8 s of- New York, hareumopted a, new -l ;ndand;r .fte r the yoke 18 on it is driven tow useful Anticgeeper, of-whxch the followmg the end 2, thereby throwing the body 4 in iae ten'sion and elasticall gr: mgthe ant'rti) The invention as an lmprovement m-aptlcre per u n the rail ase. e wedge may creepers and its obj ct to guard LE 2 heprovi ed with a fleiible locking rod 10 l of the'devlce as the result oi aide with a holein the hire, as in 1n nod, 01'' underother myother case, but since the w eosself- 'condlfions producing hkeefiect The conhol withoqt this provision it. 110,-. been 06 .struction her-em im asmore pertlcu 'olnl in th'e present eqnsfructim- The Ihrly a deyeloprnent o the type of -ant1- security-of this holding may be. in

natimtm thesubJecb-matter of by forming the .wedge with a-suhstentielly e creeper c0 w 13g cauon,SenaiNq.87,165, eor sha. .corner 11 atfthe ie'arend pull, 7. .0 ifs-Inclined ttmn'face, suchcorner o l0: Intheaccqmpanymgidrewm posing an. rearward 'movement gee 15 a. on through the wedge b ding to di into thelsl lid showing a portion of the tile inelevabowed ridge-way. tion' ind the anti-.creeper -apphed to the The particular imfilrqvement of the presrafl-hmiand: entcaseine-pmvisionofauin-"li Eng. 2 1a a vertical aectlon on the hire -2 chned camnu face 12 on the gander aide oi'Flg. L offithe hcdken Z-havihgthe clearaircer ex- 8 The joke 1, which' maybe ceonormcell tension 12, this face sloping reverseldz to the manufactured by cutting it out of flat steel,- wedge-w ey 'and et a eteqper angle an.the

a. transverse, der raflhody t. se ne,- and steeper also-than the slope of the 80 and turnedends 2 and 8 which hool: over rad-b with whmh-it contacts attire ex".- the sidea pftherail hate. The body 1 1a treme Thatis to so, when the yoke 30 dropped eufielently below the position of 1a fully-seated with-the en 8 in. tien to the rail base to allow for elearance and abut against its ed-cf the base arid s room, and, for further clearance m the other end '2 ie Bibi outward irom' i G5 31: the'yoke onto the rail eldewiee oi 1n1t1a1 appl g 'tion, the under face 12 e latter, the interior space is extendedouti: not p wi the top of the rail flan It ward Below the hookend 2, such exte emn hut e1? upward in the direction ofbem'g'deelgmtedlfl. Bythie'end webo therailmoreahru tlythantheove'rthe rill base first theyoke may: be flargifeaurhcefiwith which it orma an acutean e. Thee ectoftlnaieeeiatocauaeauy a manner which will he readily understood. tendency of the'device to shift'in the direc- 40 Beneath the opposite .end 8 there 1s pre fertloxrironi 2 to B to increase the ti tne'ss of ahl'y aln abutment face 10 to bear against the grip,'qwingto the'fact'that such' mo the of the real time at that stde. tlon occurred the cimming -face would rise 06 tAs d prior applicgtion the top of upon'the rail-base at a rate which woul 1; body is referably inclined lengthcanoe the anti-creeper tohear more forcibly it wise of the yo e and. of the against the bottom of the 1;ail rather than rail to form a wedge-way, which ogea' up to descend away from the same. Aceo'rd ward to'wai'd the-end 2', beneath w ich 1s ingli side thrust of the rail toward theend 19p the end eleerance space pon'th1s wedge- 2 w en. the anti-creeper is'held-in frozen way and in the a'pace between the same and ground cannot loosen the device. 4 in the rail-base there operatceh relatively While I prefer to use the separate dnven 'ahort wedgefi he a horizontal upper wedge chmcterlstic of my imor invention, face and an mclined ower face and lateral it wlll be understood that the present ln-' portions 6; which pro ect beyond the sideeof ventionjs not'in all instances limited'therethe rail, and awedge operative upon said the end first applied inelm to and that other means may be employed i I elg t'vely steep a g efor securing the bearing upon the bottom of the rail at a point intermediate the hook ends so as to tension the yoke and cause it to rip the rail base.

\ but 1 elai' as new is:

1. In an anti-creeper, a yoke having inturned ends to hook over the rail base, the yoke being adapted to be tilted and shifted transversely onto the rail base and the first applied having a (-learnnee extension beneath it, the under side of said end being formed as a cumming SLllftlCt-l adapted to slope at a steeper angle than the top of the reil flange, which it engages at the extreme edge.

An anti-creeper comprising an elastic v yoke having interned ends to hoolk ver the mil base and intermediate meant to bear upon the bottom f the same so as to tension the yoke and cause it to grip the mi the yoke being adapted to be tilted non shifted transversely onto the rail base and inning a clearance ex" tension beneath it, the under side of said end being formed a enmn'iing surf-nee adapted to slope at a steeper angle than the top of the rail flange, which it engages at the extreme edge.

3. An anti-creeper comprising a yoke ing inturned ends to hook over the rail-base and a transverse body portion dropped below the position of the reil'bnse and having an inclined Wedge-way sloping lengthwise of the yoke and transversely with respect to body 'orti'o th 1- smd-body-p'ortmn the-Joke; being fiirthere', eit'ension of its note-em and said n-mmlng imder surface i'vhich the edge and is Pei" angle than the top of lat any tendency of the la telly pon'i thedsai-l. 1X};

Wedge-Wavy, the yoke having a clen rance extension of its interior space below the hook end toward which the wedge is driven and said end having a eainining under surface to bearu'pon the upper edge of the rail-base, 

